Can it be done? Feeding 9 Billion People without Destroying the Planet - CGIAR Water, Land and Ecosystems Blog
Published on by Bunmi Ajilore, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. - Agriculturist, Environmental Biologist/Ecotoxicologist
The projection thatthe World population willrise to 9 billion people by 2050 if current trends continue is generally agreed on. But, one of the issues often really debated is the amount of food needed to be produced to meet the needs of this number of people, possible states of world food security then and more importantly how meeting this increased food demand will affect the natural environment and landscapes.
Dr. Andrew Noble, Program Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, presented "Feeding 9 Billion People without Destroying the Planet: It is Possible," on Friday, June 27th at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
Read and Watch via this link http://wle.cgiar.org/blog/2014/07/03/can-done-feeding-9-billion-people-without-destroying-planet/